[gloob]

I, too, feel that perfectly uniform brace positioning is one of the critical technical challenges facing any new language today. There is no longer any excuse to get such an important and fundamental advance wrong.

[jlgreco]

Sarcasm?

It may not be a "critical technical challenge" but if you are writing a new language there is really no excuse to not cement things like that down before it is too late.

[marshray]

No no, give developers something cosmetic to argue about!

If you don't they'll find something fundamental to be dissatisfied with. E.g., the lack of full TCO or a Turing complete type system.

[kybernetyk]

Why do you want to force people to use your style? That's pretty much against the hacker mindset.

[ArtB]

I hope I am detecting sarcasm. I say use whatever the consensus is, but TCO is a much bigger issue IMHO.